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Bias Factors in Mathematics Achievement Tests among Israeli Students from the Former Soviet Union

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Levi-Keren, Michal – Cogent Education, 2016

This study explains mathematical difficulties of students who immigrated from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) vis-à-vis Israeli students, by identifying the existing bias factors in achievement tests. These factors are irrelevant to the mathematical knowledge being measured, and therefore threaten the test results. The bias factors were identified…

Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Tests, Immigrants, Interviews

Differential Tendencies To Guess as a Function of Gender and Lingual-Cultural Reference Group.

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Gafni, Naomi; Estela, Melamed – 1988

The objective of this study was to investigate differential tendencies to avoid guessing as a function of three variables: (1) lingual-cultural-group; (2) gender; and (3) examination year. The Psychometric Entrance Test (PET) for universities in Israel was used, which is administered in Hebrew, Arabic, English, French, Spanish, and Russian. The…

Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Comparative Testing, Cultural Differences